It’s time to shed those down parkas and woolly toques; after what has been an unbearably long, cold winter, a profusion of pink cherry blossoms punctuate the city landscape and herald the return of spring to the West Coast.

Unarguably what is one of the largest public art installations in Canada measuring 23,500 square feet, 70 feet tall (21 m) and 360 degrees, six placid-looking figures stand serenely over Granville Island for all to see.